Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-08
DIR MINERAL WEALTH.
~,.,.,onments Of the Mines The Copper
xorket-Programme Of the Institute
Sinking on the SmOkehOuse Lode to
Rnpin.o
THE COPPER MARKET.

~ rssnectively $19e.3 6 and $186.72 pel
!s On furnace material the chief sal
W. .o been that OF 1000 tons of Anaconda
Ute. of which 600 tons were in stool
~. and the balance has since arrived, OF
sst.rtlv due, at 2.91 pence per pound o
g.. copper or unit. Compared with thu
nr;ce realized for other furnace material
and especially for Mason's ~Precipitate sold
On bar basis, this purchase was q very IA
vnrabl one for the associated smelters
Tbe actual output OF the Anaconda fur
aaces, 26 in number, for the month O!
March was 4 1910 tons 1900 pounds) ol
matte. representing about 1850 tons
H24O pounds) of fine copper. For five
dsys the concentrators were shut down,
having concentrated more ore than the
furnaces were able to smelt into matte
The arrivals in Liverpool and Swansea
from Chill have been 600 tons OF fine, and
rom the United States 10 tons of ingot
and 1858 of matte. equal to about 677
TONS OF fine copper; in France $50 tons OF
fine copper from the United States. The
total visible supply from all sources was
a. $3.50 tons fine on the cate Of the circu.
lar.
THE lining ENGINEERS PROGRAMME.
The forty-eighth meeting Of the American
Institute Of Mining Engineers will be held
in Utah and Montana. beginning at Salt
Lake City on Wednesday evening, July 6.
Members, associates and friends going
rom the East will leave Chicago for Den
yer bv the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
railroad on Friday, July 1, at 1890 p.m.;
chicago headquarters. the Sherman House:
arrive at Denver Sunday Morning. July 8,
ieave Denver Monday morning, July 4;
,rrive at Pueblo same day; leave Pueblo
Tnesday afternoon, July 5, (reach Grand
ronyon Ct the Arkansas about 3 p. ny;
oar;ye at Salt Lake City, Wednesday, July
g. leave Salt Lake City Monday evening,
INV II. arrive at Butte City on Tuesday,
J y 70. sessions and excursions in and
mont Suite City on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday; leave H lena Satur-
dow morning, July 16; arrive at Mammoth
Mt Springs same evening; spend Sunday
81 Mammoth Hot Springs; Monday. Tues
5sy Wednesday and Thursday. visits to
the Geyser basins, Yellowstone canyon
and Falls. etc., in the National Park; leave
the park Friday, July ~; arrive at Duluth.
Sunday. July "a. The excursion is open
10 ladies' accompanying members or as.
sociates to the families Of members or
associates; and to persons proposed for
,lsction as members or associates and
lodies ACCOMMODATING them. The detailed
nropramme of the session at Butte will be
arranged bv the local committee. As
nref.rence will be given to papers which
pre descriptive OF local mines, works or
~nractice, the preparation OF such papers
n ~snecially urged by those familiar with
tbe mining DISTRICTS Of this Territory. MI. |
B,W. Goodale, of this city, will furnish all
Information on the subject in W to |
inquiries.
THE BED ROCK FLuME. |
Ceur d'Alene Sun: We are asked very
many times every day, What is being
done about the bedrock fume?" Will
The Aume be built ?'' and similar questions.
We answer that we are not in the secret, |
having never attempted to NEEDLE with |
Mr., Mills's business. He stated to us in
the beginning OF his efforts that he would
buy ground If he could get enough in a
body al fair prices. We SIMPLY kow that
he has quietly been working to accomplish
this aud it is becoming apparent to casual
likely to be arrived at regarding one GER
tain block very soon. Mr.. Mills has work
very patiently, and it is greatly to be
hoped that owners OF ground will not take
it for granted that he will be satisfied to
remain forever without seeing some fruits
from bis labor. 1t seems to US that now
is the accepted time"
MINING NOTES.
Much prospecting and taking out OF ore
is being done on the Ore Butte. At No. 1
shaft they are down a depth OF 40 feet.
Eight different assays return an average OF
4S ounces per ton. Messrs. Hammer q
Dunwood. the ~lessees, still continue to
sink. No. 2 in a tunnel running from
Mssoula gulch prosecuting the ledge.
About 200 feet from the face OF the tunnel
the ledge is six feet in width, but no assays
to commence. No. 3 has a 4OO-foot shaft
and in p f~ve-foot ledge averaging SO
ounces. The samples taken from the shaft
are a pro,niscuous lot taken indiscrimin-
ably across the BODY OF the ledge.
The works of the Tracy Tunnel in Park
Canyon, a distance of 400 feet from the
Major Budd mine, are being run night and
day. Atpresept the tunneli is in a distance
d20O feet on a quartz seam running direct
to the ledge. Assays made from the seam
during the progress OF the tunnel showed
ITO ounces in silver and a high percentage
~ofcoDper. A good deal Of water was en-
CONFERRED on the north side of the tunnel,
and its continued presence leads the owners
to believe that a ledge is not far distant.
The whim and old shaft house of the
Black Pine burned down Saturday week.
MI. Harper said they intended to tear it
away and put up stea M hoists outside very
sho' tly. The loss will be about $500. The
sha' i If is in good condition and tho
los' wi cause no delay in the working of
III" '..r.. Work is being prosecuted in two
OIL D ices. They will not begin there
49, It'll the new hoist, to be ordered
ZION Fraser Il Chalmers, arrives, which
Will in a couple Of months.
SiIA.ng is being active carried on at
lpton's Mountain Chief Vaudeville.
The shaft is now down 43O a' Ind it will
60 twenty feet further. :: AR nine pro-
ouces Doth silver and copp"..i. d is chiefly
valuable for the former. 7 - roperty has
Oeen almost entirely worked out above the
present depth, but good Developments are
Anticipated when drifting and stopping are
begun on the $50 foot level. Crosscutting
Will be commenced as soon as this depth is
reached.
Lee Durney, John Menary and Ed.
Assth have taken a lease on the Smoke.
house lode, and will commence sinking on
Utah street tomorrow. This is the out
come OF the decisions in the famous Smoke
house cases at Deer Lodge, and is the first
overt act under. the title confirmed to it's
poprietors. People will now begin to
Na,''e the full scope and meaning OF there
W iegal'y announced.
HE Minnie Irvine has again resumed
SINKING the main shaft from the SO-foot
s'el and will continue till the 15O-foot
nvelIs reached. On the 8O-foot level OF
.s mine from average samples the re-
surns were 60 ounces per ton. This mine
mas much water to contend with. Turner,
'smes q Co. are the ~lessees.
lhe Ramsdell Parrot has encountered a
, anss body of 60 per cent copper ore on the
.vV'opt level during the past week. This.
,Ita the recent find of a large quantity of
"ss milling silver will entail putting on an
auul'ional force the coming week, and com
sIencement Of levels on the 400, al only
"estatien is cut there at present.
jumping has been commenced at the
h%nu:;untain Consolidated. The old engine is
~iN placed on a new foundation. This
s Snae which has been shut down for the last
y years Mas considered dangerous until
, ~ engine foundations were replaced on a
an me undertaking of removing the ore
lotap at the Anaconda, which has accumu-
s,sea IN the process of developing before
bs ""l their present vast works, has been
m en put even at the rapid rate OF re-
-'pNal 1t will taka oIl o,m,,or r., oof awQv